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This chromolithograph is from our 2-volume set of 'Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty,' by Henry Nehrling (1853-1929), and published in MKE by George Brumder from 1893-1896. It features birds like the Ruby-throated Hummingbird & the Northern Cardinal! https://t.co/W5tlnO83oA

You can find the entirety of 'The Sphere' in our Digital Collections here: https://t.co/ymFefNESvi

For this #MilwaukeeMonday we're sharing collage pages from the MKE grocery fanzine (”The Nation’s First and Only”) 'The Sphere' by Milwaukee-born-and-raised Wisconsin designer, collage artist, letterpress printer, & book artist Mike Koppa. Learn more: https://t.co/YZIzxrV502

Life & death hang in the balance in this 1937 painting by Owen J. Gromme from his 1963 book 'Birds of Wisconsin' published for the Milwaukee Public Museum. He captures the moment just before a Peregrine Falcon makes a potential meal of a Green-winged Teal! https://t.co/WrVNJxnsqd

Congratulations to our hometown Milwaukee Bucks who won the NBA Championship Finals last night, their first in 50 years. To celebrate here are deer images from Part 1, Volume 3 of 'Brehms Thierleben' (1883); and our children’s periodical 'Sunday. 1881.'

Last Friday was National Cherry Day! In celebration of these delicious fruits in the height of their deliciousness, we’re sharing cherries from 'The Cherries of New York,' published in 1915 in Albany, N.Y. by J.B. Lyon Company. Learn more: https://t.co/oN1afsSlO0

Check out these samples of wood type from a recently acquired, untitled and undated specimen catalog from the Luzern, Switzerland, wood-type manufacture Roman Scherer. We think the catalog was produced ca. 1905. Learn more: https://t.co/hxQtZwcjbg

One, Inc. was one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the United States. In 1953, One, Inc. began publishing the monthly 'One Magazine,' the first national homophile periodical in the United States which continued to be published until 1972. More: https://t.co/vWtxJlEFfS

It's #WoodEngravingWednesday! These wood engravings are prints by German-American artist Hans Alexander Mueller from the Limited Editions Club edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 'Kidnapped,' designed and printed in 1938 by Elmer Adler. Learn more: https://t.co/EQaOYlQbHR

To commemorate the milestone of Charles V's election as Holy Roman Emperor OTD in 1519, we look to his coronation w these images from a facsimile edition of engravings of the procession originally produced in 1535 by Nicolaas Hogenberg. Learn more: https://t.co/MneL9CzBvG